• Overview

  As the consumption of piped natural gas grows, the demand for instruments that measure the gas consumption has also increased. A gas meter is a special kind of flow meter that measures the volume of gas (like natural gas or propane) consumed at commercial, industrial or residential premises. Smart meters assist households and businesses to monitor their use of natural gas and helps them to manage their energy consumption effectively.

• Benefits of Smart meters for Gas
  • Lower capital investment, faster payback and higher ROI.
  • Lower manpower requirement, higher productivity & better staff safety.
  • Automatic Meter reading of volume flowing through the meter at regular pre-fixed time intervals.
  • AMI: 2-way communication with meter provides remote shut-off feature for control on safety, move-outs, manage defaulting customers and in case of area maintenance.
  • Pressure and temperature readings from external sensors can be taken automatically and linked to the respective consumer meters to calculate and apply a compensation to the volume, thus measuring quality of gas (calorific value) and making adjustments in the customer’s billing cycle.
  • Safety: Alert consumer or utility on abnormal readings due to leakages and tampering. Example—SMS alert to concerned area utility sub division on low pressure reading at their area, or even non-critical events like low battery reading.
  • Real-time meter reading, automated billing and receivables management, consumer data & custody management.
  • Data management & analytics (audit trail of time interval uncorrected & corrected volume, average pressure and temperature), report generation; Remote monitoring of meters; Better management control.
  • Lower System losses, maintain gas supply quality and reduce operational expenditure in gas distribution and meter reading.
  • Consumer interface for Energy Management—helps consumers watch their gas consumption and control usage as per their budget.
  • Long life, long battery life, operates in wide range of ambient conditions.

NSOFT’s head end application software offers a broad range of tools designed for modern utilities to give an overview in the form of dashboards and reports, customized alerts on mobiles to various staff and officers of the utility, etc. Alerts can be used to identify leaks or other irregularities in the distribution network or with the end users. Billing and collection can be reconciled to take quick action against defaulters.